Program Testimonials

"A rare combination of scientist and accomplished visual artist, Todd Siler invites each of us to rediscover the scientist-artist in ourselves. Siler's approach is simple, practical, fun, and most importantly, highly productive."

Peter Senge
Author of The Fifth Discipline:
The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization

"Our diverse, cross-company team was looking at a complex problem and had been unable to get away from a linear, incremental approach to solving it. The Think Like a Genius Program helped us jump into a new dimension and see many different possibilities."

Linda Raedeke
Director, Chevron Research and Technology

"Think Like A Genius is an innovative, thought-provoking way to synthesize a team around a common goal and set of objectives. It works, and it is amazingly fun in the process."

Gerri Elliott
VP IBM

"We found the [Think Like a Genius] Program to be very effective in helping to clear the cobwebs and see issues and solutions in a different way. It brought clarity to our thinking as a group. We are continuing to work on implementing our big idea and are well on our way to achieving our goal."

Susan A. LaMonica
Senior Vice President, Chase Manhattan

"If you want to liberate your mind and look at the corporate world in new and exciting ways then the Think Like a Genius process is for you. Dr. Siler has developed a bold concept that will enrich your organization and improve your bottom line."

Frank Steed
Former President, Samsonite USA

"The Think Like A Genius Program enabled us to quickly generate creative solutions and approaches to addressing our key priorities while engaging over 300 of our managers. Our managers found the exercises to be stimulating and fun. We also identified other areas of application for the program and look forward to more successful creative endeavors in the future."

Rich Vosburgh
Vice President - Human Resources, Compaq North America

"Our work with Todd Siler gave the leaders of our business a new way of thinking about opportunities. We began to approach work with a concept of: If the impossible were possible, what would it look like? - and work backward from there. It gave us the tools to view obstacles objectively and evaluate the necessary steps to overcome them. It removed artificial barriers, such as politics, internal competition, departmental credit or control. It gave us a new way of communicating, knowing that we were clearly and vividly understood. As a result, each person in the workshop exhibited more inclusiveness, stronger focus on customer outcomes, and more flexibility in collaborating with other departments. By using the Metaphorming process where there are no boundaries, Todd led us to new levels of collaboration which in turn opened the door to applications with greater reach, across markets and products."

Annette Leal
Former president of Business Enterprise Solutions, US WEST

 

Book Testimonials

"This book challenges the reader to think and perform on an inspired level. Siler's simple approach to individual 'genius' is the key to every great success story."

Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City; CEO and Founder, Bloomberg News

"Todd inspires us to energize the least used talent of our brain: exceptional creativity, so readily activatable and rewarding."

Robert W. Galvin
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Motorola, Inc.

"Creative artists can rarely express what is at the root of their genius. Todd Siler is an exception: his concept of metaphorming is an ingenious and useful tool for enhancing everyone's creative thinking."

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Author of Flow and Creativity

"Todd Siler's brilliant book, Think Like A Genius, explores the concept of 'connections' in ways that can enrich the processes of both education and government. Todd Siler's book helps us understand the 'connection-making' process and, with practical suggestions for improving communication in our work and in our lives, apply it."

Dr. John Brademas
President Emeritus, New York University

"Read this book. Todd Siler has a great deal to teach all of us about the barriers to creativity and ways of overcoming them."

Stephan L. Chorover, Ph.D.
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Todd Siler gives us all the tools to be creators, not just in our lives, but a vision worth striving for."

Jenette Kahn
President and Editor-in-Chief, DC Comics/Time Warner